Free Web NovelChapter 326: Chapter 326
This year, the Saint Lord was finally willing to attend personally, making Cedric’s heart overflow with joy.
But who would have thought that the Saint Lord was merely attending, acting completely as a hands-off boss.
The matters falling on his head were actually more numerous than in previous years.
Having to worry more and suffer a bit of exhaustion was fine.
Who told him to be the First Elder of the Hale family? But who could have imagined that after exhausting all his mental energy to ensure the ceremony would be held smoothly, the Saint Lord pulled a stunt like this on him.
This was simply treating his efforts as a child’s game, throwing his blood, sweat, and tears on the ground and viciously trampling on them.
Had I known this would happen, it would have been better not to let the Saint Lord attend.
"Saint Lord Alex, what is the meaning of this?"
From the third row of seats, an old man with white hair and a white beard that reached past his chest stood up, leaning on a walking cane, and said indignantly.
"This old man warns you, your actions are a massive disrespect towards the Great Emperor of Boundless Sky!"
"Before the Great Emperor flies into a rage, you must lead all your disciples to kneel and kowtow, begging forgiveness! Lest the Great Emperor’s burning fury forces the entire Azure Origin Continent to pay the price because of you!"
The crowd’s gazes turned to this old man, one by one secretly revealing looks of deep admiration.
Although they also expressed incomprehension at Alex’s behavior, at most they only dared to secretly discuss it behind his back.
The only one who dared to directly reprimand Alex to his face and even demand that he kneel and kowtow was this old stubborn mule.
The Old Royal Uncle of the Crimson Soaring Dynasty, Sylas, a stubborn old mule who was feudal and rigid to the extreme.
All his life, he revered the Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother, strictly adhered to the ways of loyalty and filial piety, and was well-read in the books of sages.
Because he firmly believed that riches and honors cannot corrupt and power and force cannot subdue was the great reasoning of the sages, this time, representing the Crimson Soaring Dynasty, he only brought a mere three hundred spirit stones as a congratulatory gift.
Although the Hale family was now solidly wealthy and Alex fundamentally did not care about basic materials like spirit stones, three hundred spirit stones was a bit too shabby.
Nowadays, even when a wealthy family hosted a wedding, the customary cash gift to attend the banquet required at least two thousand spirit stones.
Sylas, as the representative of the Crimson Soaring Imperial Family, came to their Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony and only gave three hundred spirit stones.
If Alex did not know this fellow’s style, he would definitely think he was provoking them and declaring war.
Therefore, purely out of helplessness, Alex arranged Sylas in the third row and did not receive him privately.
If he arranged him too far back, he was, after all, the representative of the Crimson Soaring Dynasty, and he could not humiliate him too much.
But if he arranged him further front, in the same row as Aelin and Kaia, that would be an insult to those two.
Kaia Star had brought the Purple Star Dynasty’s most treasured secret technique.
Aelin had also brought congratulatory gifts worth a full three million spirit stones.
It could be said that Alex already held suppressed anger toward this old thing. Now, being lectured by him in front of the public crowd caused Alex’s face to instantly sink.
He said coldly. "Royal Uncle Sylas, are you lecturing me?"
Sitting nearby, Thalen Wren, Ziven Mire, and the others hurriedly spoke up. "Old Royal Uncle, quickly sit down! Offending Saint Lord Alex will not end well for you!"
However, Sylas treated their well-intentioned advice like wind passing his ears. He sneered coldly and shouted sternly. "The Great Emperor of Boundless Sky is the pioneer who opened the sky of the entire Azure Origin Continent. He is the Heaven of the Azure Origin Continent."
"Logically speaking, relying on your Hale family, a mere Saint Lineage family, you are fundamentally not qualified to offer sacrifices to him." freewēbnoveℓ.com
"It is one thing for you to overstep the authority and offer sacrifices to the Great Emperor, but you actually dare to place his statue in the secondary position!"
"Could it be that in your heart, the status of your Hale family’s ancestor is even higher than that of the Great Emperor of Boundless Sky?!"
Facing Sylas’s repeated questioning, Alex was not angry or annoyed. He merely gave a cold sneer.
The next second, he directly teleported from the stage to the ground, stood in front of Sylas, and shouted coldly. "Correct!"
"How great the Great Emperor of Boundless Sky is in your hearts, I cannot control."
"But in my Hale family Holy Land, my ancestor Aether Hale is the supreme existence!"
"The so-called Heavenly Father opening the sky and Earthly Mother creating humans are nothing but legends fabricated by later generations."
"But Ancestor Aether Hale is the tangible and real founder of the Hale family!"
"If the ancestor had not resolutely stepped forward back then, leading three hundred disciples to conquer all directions, relying on blood and sweat to carve out a pure land for us to multiply and thrive, there would not be the prosperity of the Hale family today!"
"All descendants of my Hale family should keep the ancestor’s grace in mind and treat the ancestor like a god, placing him above Heaven and Earth!"
"You... you..." Sylas was so angry his face turned ashen blue, his beard trembling violently.
"You insolent child, how audacious!"
"To place a mere mortal on the same level as the Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother is high treason!"
"Daring to be so disrespectful to the Great Emperor of Boundless Sky and Earth Empress, your Hale family will definitely suffer heavenly condemnation!"
Hearing these words, the surrounding crowd could not help but secretly gasp.
Although they knew Sylas was extremely pedantic, a completely sour old rotten scholar, they did not expect him to be pedantic to this extent.
To dare to publicly threaten the Hale family Saint Lord, Alex, right in the Hale family Holy Land!
